
Why I'm Done with Ebay
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I used to love Ebay as a great source for buying and selling. Now, however, with the upcoming "Feedback Extortion Policy" I've decided that I can longer sell - or buy - here. Unlike Amazon, a unscrupulous buyer can bid, win, never pay and leave honest sellers like myself a big fat negative, with no repercussions whatsoever. Just because they feel like it! And Ebay will use that negative to restrict my listings, prioritize my listing in the search results, charge me higher final value fees. Can you believe it?
And then there's those DSR's (Detailed Seller Ratings). Even though those are also "unverified opinions" Ebay will use those against me too! In one of my last transactions I had the buyer ding my shipping and handling star when I had a handling charge of 34 cents; yes, that was the total amount over exact shipping. She also dinged my communication star even though I had emailed her the invoice the day of the auction, emailed her again when I received payment, and again when her item shipped. So, apparently those "unverified opinions" are quite useful to Ebay, even though very damaging to honest sellers.
So you see, I really can't sell or buy here any longer. No more negatives for deadbeat buyers, no more Mutual Feedback Withdrawal - even if the buyer made a mistake and admits they left a negative for the wrong person. Perhaps when the stock tanks and profits go down, Ebay will rethink its misguided ways and reverse the Feedback Extortion Policy, but I'm not holding my breath right now. It's time to check out Etsy, Ioffer and Bidville. Adieu, Ebay.
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